• Mashable: Still don’t believe social media can net you new business? Here’s proof it can for freelancers.
• Freelance Switch: It’s often considered a waste of time giving away free advice and consultations, epecially if it takes you away from your work. Having a plan to turn that advice into clients would, however, make it well worth it.
• Freelance Folder: Yes, freelancers get bored of their work once in a while. “I’ll tell you a dirty secret no freelancer likes to mention: we get bored with our work. Even though we’re able to pick and choose our clients and projects we still do the same thing every day.”
• Freelance Writing Jobs: Want to go from zero to famous on the web? And in only eight steps.
• Freelance Writing Jobs: Yes, tax time is over (you did do your taxes, right?) but it’s never too early to think about next year’s tax returns.
• DesignM.ag: In freelancing, you pretty much do everything you can to obtain clients. A little tip: you might want to think about keeping clients around once you have them.
• The Marketing Tech Blog: Odds are, if you have your own self-hosted WordPress blog, there will be some attempt at a hack sooner or later. So keep this nice article bookmarked on how to repair a hacked blog.
• Marc and Angel: Next time you’re goofing off online, try doing something halfway productive.
• The Alternaview: Has a nice analysis and a cure for turing that frown upside down on your working days.
• The Oatmeal: Ever wondered how that volcano in Iceland got its name?

More on the author, Johnny Spence
Johnny is the founder of The Freelance Rant and a freelance web programmer with 8 years in the business. Have a visit at his company Oscarrr!web or see what he's up to on Twitter.

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